Raymond Till, Accounting Dept, Boston Navy Yard Early Photo ID Pass in Leather Sleeve antique painted frame titled "toilet of girl" on

titled "toilet of girl" on the bottom short edge of the slide

With a great patina to the wood and metal wrap around ferrule

Definitely one of my favorite old hand-painted postcards I've found

The can at left

which is printed on one side of the carton

Raymond Till, Accounting Dept, Boston Navy Yard Early Photo ID Pass in Leather Sleeve antique painted frame titled "toilet of girl" onI don't come across a pass or identification card with a photo this old very often, and I quite like the looks of our smiling Raymond Till in his hat and bow tie not looking too much the accountant to me! The pass is for access to the Boston Navy Yard (in Charlestown, opened in 1800 as one of the first navy yards of the US Navy), and was issued by a US Navy Paymaster Armstrong King I believe. To me this looks early 20th century WW1 era rather than